10 Facts About Imre Varga

Imre Varga was a Hungarian sculptor, painter, designer and graphic artist.

Imre Varga studied aeronautics at the Military Academy in Budapest.

From 1950 to 1956, Imre Varga studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest under Sandor Mikus and Pal Patzay, graduating with a degree.

Since then, Imre Varga has worked in many different artistic fields.

Imre Varga has made small statues and coins, as well as monumental works for public spaces.

Imre Varga attended the first "Hungarian Fine Arts Exhibition", where his work "Iron Workers" was exhibited.

Imre Varga's statue of Raoul Wallenberg is a private gift of an American Ambassador to Hungary, Nicolas M Salgo.

Salgo, who left Hungary before the Nazi occupation, commissioned Imre Varga to create the monument of Wallenberg, which has been placed on Szilagyi Erzsebet Alley in Budapest on 9 April 1987, at a site that is possibly connected with the mystery of Wallenberg's disappearance in February 1945.

Imre Varga carved the monument of Wallenberg into the slabs of granite, that was a gift of members of the Wallenberg family, who invited Imre Varga to Sweden to select it.

About 300 works of Imre Varga are now exhibited in nine countries.